just beginning. to actually tell you that. exposing this secrecy and censorship by chinese authorities. and a whole system struggling to cope i'll just leave the investigation. that still the world. president here room is 70 is officially declared the winner a few does election the main opposition candidates soldiers won't let him leave his house. they're watching their own life from a headquarters and. also coming up germany's ruling christian democrats alike the army is their new leader will be the top contender for chancellor when angela

merkel leaves later this year. india launches the world's largest coronavirus vaccination campaign but there are concerns over the safety of a locally developed vaccine the u.s. carries out its 13th federal execution in just 6 months donald trump has now overseen more executions than any president since the 19th century. thanks for joining us uganda's electoral commission 70 has officially won a 6th term as president extending his 35 years in power and according to their final results the 76 year old won nearly 59 percent of the votes his main challenger bobby wine got almost 35 percent but he says the election was rigged and soldiers are preventing him leaving his house. candidate your team 7 to have

a workable time having obtained the highest number of votes in the election and the votes cast in his defense being more than 50 percent voted to vote cast actually the electoral commission the career as your way 7200 well. elected president of the republic of uganda let's bring in katherine so she's joining us from kampala and we are expecting the 70 to speak any moment now what do we expect him to say. well we expect with 70 days in a couple of hours obviously he's going to thank the people of uganda for choosing him the electoral commission as a right now are still at the tallying center in front of me taking some questions but as you say d.s.a. was expected this result was expected he has been leading the president has been leading decisively from the very start but it is a result that has already been rejected by bobby wide who says that he has evidence

of widespread irregularities we spoke to he's representative here benjamin bratt tanna who explained a little more saying that they have evidence of pre-marked ballot papers people being. intimidated to vote a fact in the way in some areas and in other areas he says there was no secret ballot so people was afraid to vote in a way that they felt that the security forces did not want them to work so they voted. they were to the fact in a way as well that they perhaps did not want so he have also told us that they are considering the opposition party of bobby why it is considering various options on the table for them on how on the way forward including taking this matter to the constitutional court but he has also said they do not trust the constitution or the supreme court judges to give them a fair hearing all right catherine shaw

a reporter from kampala thank you. germany is ruling party has elected a new leader our men last search has been chosen as the new head of the christian democratic union that makes him the a top contender for chancellor in elections later this year as angle of mirth or steps aside after 16 years in power in me therefore i'm talked i'm divorced i'm aware of the responsibility of the strobe and i will give my all to walk together through this year to win the regional election in only a few short weeks and make sure that we will win the next general elections and provide the chancellor of germany a lawsuit as expected to continue chancellor angela merkel's coalition building politics but his path to becoming chancellor is all but certain with 9 months left until general elections so many came reports. he's led germany's most populous state for nearly 4 years soon i am in law should be leading his national party with a clear direction in mind all needs to see you in the c.s.u.

or the last remaining parties which can guarantee social cohesion which is under threat right now we see it out on the streets with the coronavirus lots of aggression people who deny the virus exists and others who are lying in the charity hospital 500 metres away who are fighting for their lives and we feel this polarization of society in many other areas too and the c.d.u. is always been about bringing different positions together. although saturday's vote needs to be confirmed by the entire party membership for many armyn lash it is a continuity candidate his slogan was there are the representative of the executive branch so if you vote for me you can be sure you get a leader or you get someone actually who had won elections so none of the other 2 candidates actually ever won an election governing in his state during the pandemic has been an ordeal for lashing out the numbers of infections and deaths have been

among the highest in germany and back when the incidence of covert was much lower he argued for less stringent laws. danse hoping to protect the economy as much as the people now whose message has changed as the eyes of the general election. it's important to point out that winning the party leadership on its own does not bring with it the right to work here the german chancellor angela merkel has already said she intends to serve out her term here so in order to replace the new party leader must win september's general election but before he can do that he may have to deal with another leading conservative marco head of the c.d.u. sister party in bavaria the christie and social union he could be the center right candidate in the or so many conservatives say they would rather vote for him as chancellor than any other candidate so far has played down the suggestion but not ruled it out completely meaning arm in lash it has much to do if he wants to replace angela merkel in the autumn dominic kane al-jazeera earlier this week with

then 24 hours of the us announcing a troop reduction in afghanistan several attacks across the country have now left at least $29.00 people dead 2 police officers were killed in kabul in a car bomb attack targeting the deputy police chief he survived and police are also the target in another car bomb attack in kandahar province and late on friday author already has inherits a taliban fighters killed at least 13 members of the security forces. dates have been announced for the 1st palestinian elections and more than 15 years president abbas says the legislative and presidential votes will be held in may and july they've been delayed because of negotiations between our buses party fatah and its rival hamas the palestinian factions are aiming to build a united front against israel. india has begun its vaccination campaign it's one of the biggest and most challenging in the world so the country's aim is to have

300000000 people vaccinated in the next 6 months that's nearly the entire population of the u.s. but some are questioning the use of one locally developed vaccine that hasn't completed trials or india correspondent elizabeth purana reports. these health care workers are registering to receive one of 2 vaccines approved for use in india 3 100000 medical professionals are being vaccinated at 3000 sites around the country on saturday including kitten driver. i'm a little bit scared but i'm also happy that we're being vaccinated 1st i've been named as one of the 1st so i'm happy about it and i want everyone to get back to nature it so we can end up it. the government is planning to vaccinate $300000000.00 people in the 1st half of this year 30000000 frontline workers in health care sanitation the police the army and disaster management will be inoculated in the 1st few months they'll be followed by people over the age of 50

and then those under 50 underlying health conditions promise to that in the more you describe the scale of the program. as there is. there are more than $100.00 countries whose population is less than $13000000.00 and enjoy will be vaccinating $30000000.00 people in the 1st phase of vaccination itself. the drug's regulator has approved the use of off that astra zeneca carve a shield vaccine and one that's been made of india there are questions around why the indian vaccine by a local company called bottle biotech was given approval when it hasn't finished its final phase trials the government has said that it will be administered under clinical trial conditions but independent health experts say there's not a lot of information about what that means. india is the only country other than russia and china to be administering a vaccine that hasn't completed trials and that is funny because of the concern

among scientific. disciplines that why is that decision expected in such a way should we have a good a few weeks to get that data the doctors at one of new delhi's biggest government hospitals have the same questions they want the oxford astra zeneca vaccine and not bought at biotechs but india's health minister says a lot of work had gone into making the vaccines and people cannot choose which one they'll receive elizabeth al-jazeera new delhi. the head of the netherlands national health counselors urging the government to revise its vaccination program currently health care workers on care home staff are prioritized but with the dutch rollout already behind other european countries many elderly are worried their chance won't come any time soon stuff and reports from the hague be doesn't the ball is waiting for is inoculation but the 71 year old doesn't know when that will

be in other countries the elderly are 1st in line for vaccinations against gold with 19 but not in the netherlands many of beatles fellow residents have died in the past year and months of quarantine and restrictions are taking their toll i've been a covert hateful and makes me very emotional it really hurts me not seeing my children and grandchildren i've not seen my grandson for 6 months. they have also been delays in organizing vaccines because all $120000.00 residents in dutch nursing homes have to give special consent for their covert $1000.00 japs a time consuming procedure especially because 75 percent of them are suffering from dementia peter has no doubt he has survived one covert infection and is worried he won't be so lucky next time. i really don't understand that in neighboring countries people have been vaccinated for weeks and we're only just starting we are much too late especially for as vulnerable people are in

a very high risk especially in such a closed living environment the nursing home has a special covert section where residents who are tested positive are kept in strict isolation many of them die behind these doors because of their age and vulnerability doctors have advised against taking them to intensive care units in hospitals hundreds of residents in that care homes are dying of covert every week but not a single one has been inoculated yet the so-called flexible dutch vaccination strategy has led to great confusion about who will be vaccinated 1st and what vaccine will be used this has not only created frustration and anger but also fear now the british variant has entered the country far ologist say it's a race against time before the nat'l and will face a serious outbreak of the new strain and they're urging the government to get a proper vaccination strategy in order but accusations of managers and office workers in care organisations jumping the queue have turned this into

a more personal battle household coach i know hostess was invited by her employer to be among the 1st to be vaccinated but when she realised that care workers on the frontline working directly with patients and elderly are still waiting she said no . when i cancelled my appointment the health authority said they are not involved in gets back needed 1st that made me angry this is one of my. many examples with things have gone wrong during this crisis both because of strict privacy laws in the nablus for both employers and how the authorities it's difficult to know who was vaccinated and who it's not how worried are you about a delay of a couple of weeks how serious is that for the people on course it's very serious because if you see how many people in this category of age. have big problems with the disease and kind of ill will also die about. this is really important that we go on various very quickly because on the poll is

reading the reports about what's happening in the u.k. and holding his breath his nursing home a schedule to start inoculations in 10 days time unless the government changes its plans again step fasten al-jazeera the hake still out on the al-jazeera news hour as los angeles is overwhelmed by corona virus infections we visit the front lines of the city's fight against the pandemic. on hold what some response privacy changes that prompted many users to abandon their messaging service for its rivals details coming up. there's more snow to come for japan that's not a big surprise i know but was a change in the wind direction i think that still be

a bit more obvious in the korean peninsula as well particularly on monday bit of potential was blown in below in the cold above means there will be big showers brewing now most is still going to be falling in hong shoop western slopes in as far south as well as far as you can go more or less in the big dogs of japan and less focused on her card or. china still find cold sunny by day chilly by night and frosty for many in the land there's a lot of rain recently around borneo in the central and southern philippines and there is more to come the hours tops again dunno where we're focusing the biggest shows and searching that area brunei's have far more than this january average so far where are we halfway through january and there's yet more to come for the next 2 days it is much dry and even the big rays we saw just a couple days ago for the south in the forecast now are more or less got a few showers in sri lanka maybe tell not it can be varied it will further north as

a bit of movement in the sky called his pretty poor in the cities and for his widespread i don't think it'll improve much in the next few days. but. it is murder when you throw a fire bomb into someone's home and me shit eating off hashish you know i think that's not insignificant in numbers that insignificant ideologically the insignificant event is a crime gang down very significant by dictating the government and the fact of policy he vows shall not kill no part of the radicalized series on al-jazeera. move.

following on the top stories on al-jazeera uganda is electoral commission says they are in a 70 has officially won a 6th term as president extending his 35 years in power officials say the 76 year old won 58.6 percent of the vote his main challenger bobby wine won nearly 35 percent. germany's ruling party the city has just elected arm and lost it as its new leader that's as chancellor angela merkel prepares to step aside after 16 years at the helm germany will hold a general election in 8 months time. india has begun its corona virus vaccination campaign one of the largest and most challenging in the world it aims to vaccinate 300000000 people by august that's nearly the size of the entire u.s. population. while 2000000 people around the world are now known to have died from

contract with 19 on the u.s. health watchdog says it expects nearly 100000 more deaths within the next 3 weeks in los angeles county alone officials say the virus is killing one person every 8 minutes. reports patients are waiting hours for hospital beds to become available. ambulance crews are the frontline troops in los angeles is battle with cold at night she brutally long hours in the stress of trying to rescue so many sick people has put tremendous strain on emergency medical technicians like 30 year old jennifer mohler i work 24 hour shifts. at about 7 o'clock in the morning and we don't get that about 630 the next morning so it takes a toll on our bodies everyone's exhausted. rarely get a break or even a moment to rest it's a lot on a lot of the time to get lunches because there's just so many cars going now

hospital. as are so overstretched that ambulance crews have to wait for hours to wheel their patients into the emergency room there's simply not enough space not enough staff to take them it's typically like on all hours at the hospital your patient to be admitted to get up the gurney. could be waiting anywhere from 2 to 3 hours at ambulance dispatch centers the calls for help just keep coming 30 years and i've never seen one kind of. call volume like this audio at the riots it was not like this at one time 9 called fittings that's 9 people that are in distress the country's largest mass vaccination center opened friday at dodger stadium in los angeles other large vaccination centers are launching across the state as officials seek to rapidly ramp up what has been a frustratingly slow effort 4000 people will get the vaccines today we hope that's

a goal this is just day one the idea of getting to 12 plus 1000 will be significant while hospitals and i.c.u. admissions have begun to decline in california the centers for disease control issued a sobering outlook the new much more transmissible and fast spreading coronavirus variant 1st discovered in england last year could become the predominant strain in the u.s. by march the agency warned that would lead to more cases overall more deaths and more pressure on the health care systems overworked heroes rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles the u.n. refugee agency is calling for fighting in the central african republic to stop they say the number of people fleeing to neighboring countries has doubled to 60000 in just a week a coalition of armed groups wants to overthrow president fausto archons to ouattara won a 2nd term in office in december welcome weapons in the capital ball game. fighters

from the coalition of rebel groups just down the road a few kilometers away on the outskirts of the city and another significant group of them about 12 kilometers in that direction also on the edge of the city and in both areas there was heavy fighting 3 days ago now security sources say they also now have several cells here within the city in preparation for an attack the coalition of armed groups has given an ultimatum to the government to give them 48 hours to get out that ultimatum expires on sunday evening now this comes ahead of a constitution ruling that due on tuesday which will potentially reaffirm the office of president there bring him in for a 2nd following the announcement of his victory in elections last month but that victory is disputed the civilian opposition say that election was rigged and the armed opposition who were just down the road refuted the legitimacy of the whole

election in the 1st place so the situation is tense the u.n. of reported widespread rights abuses kidnapping tortures killings of civilians cause many people to flee their homes now more than $60000.00 is the un refugee agency said and people are still on the move right now people are waiting to find out what's going to happen here in the next couple of days but many of them aren't risking it on sticking around to see what will actually go down the u.s. government has carried out its 13th and final federal execution under the trumpet ministration dust and was executed by lethal injection in indiana he was convicted of killing 3 women in 1906 president donald trump resumed federal executions in july after a 17 year pause alan fisher has this update from the white house. what was interesting is that he didn't actually pull the trigger the man who did that is serving life in prison but the jury convicted hague's of making the order to kill

the women and therefore he should face the death penalty no back in 2019 when william barr who was then the attorney the attorney general who suggested that they would bring back federal executions he said if there was no statute for it if you want to stop federal executions then take it out of the law as long as it's part of the law he will follow that and have juries vote for the executions then they will go ahead now there's been 130 year tradition of not carrying out executions june transitions but clearly donald trump is the cited that he is simply going to ignore that he wants to be seen as tough on crime particularly those who are convicted of serious offenses like this but many opponents suggest that there is an imbalance in the way that the death penalty is employed applied particularly against people of color and they say that there was really no need for this execution to go ahead no what is interesting is that his attorneys higgs is attorneys applied for

a 90 day extension their hope was obviously that they would be able to carry it through till after january 20th that's because joe biden has not only expressed his opposition to the death penalty he says he's likely to stop all federal executions the still a number of people on death row across the united states who are facing the federal death penalty but while joe biden is in office it's unlikely that will be carried out strict security measures are in place across the united states ahead of wednesday's presidential inauguration road closures and parts of washington d.c. have already begun including major bridges and some metro stations but how many reports from the neighboring state are french and you. it's early morning in the new america arms stores is packed here all sorts of weapons on display from machine guns and semiautomatic rifles to destroy the revolver which jennifer when all this carries with her and it's very small as you can see it fits in the palm of my hand

. and we wouldn't typically consider this a caliber that you would use for self-defense you'd want something more substantial however a bullet. and if this discharges to someone it will cause damage and depending on the shop placement it could cause lethal harm americans bush's supporters 17000000 firearms and 2020 a record number the spike in sales started during the coronavirus pandemic and continued to rise during the black lives matter protests over racial injustice the november election has further divided the country with both republicans and democrats suspicious of each other more than ever there are those politicians who. basically if you boil it down really want control and we know historically that control cannot be achieved without disarming a population there are many examples of that. and so we are seeing the

extreme left. i want to disarm the populace in the whole point behind and as for control that's the truth of it nobody wants to admit that robert lewis thinks this is a defining moment in the history of the united states you can see already in american politics that there's a shift. grabber. on a reasonable republicans supported donald trump. and another con about being off oil and. i can see the point of. being a lot of the people who are opposed to. you know what so i'm just trying to be unified i'm not the father he wanted his children to witness how different this city is d's days with his empty streets and barriers this is a scene that's repeated across the country deceit of the state government shut down

to the public and sealed off and that's because the f.b.i. has warned of potentially large scale and violent demonstrations this is something most americans have never lived through before and it's causing a lot of apprehension. one block away above scared of a genius supreme court building authorities sealed off the area but the explosives were found just an example of how the country is on it which the city council has banned firearms at demonstrations many say their rights are being stripped away and vow to rally in support of the 2nd amendment in the days leading up to the no gration of joe biden with the country deeply polarized the image of public parks and buildings closed is one of a nation in fear of itself but at that hamid al jazeera in richmond virginia. had one of the most powerful lobbying groups in the u.s. has filed for bankruptcy the national rifle association of america plans to move

from new york and register as a not. profit in texas because of what it calls toxic politics be bouncing comes months after new york's attorney general sued the n.r.a. over allegations of corruption and misspending by senior executives. the messaging platform what's. plan changes to its terms because of a backlash from users it had given customers until next month to accept an update about the data it shares with its owner facebook but it's now scrapped the deadline whatsapp has more than 2000000000 users but concerns about the changes have led to a surge in demand for rival signal telegram margay murphy is the technology reporter for the daily telegraph newspaper she says what's didn't communicate very well with users about the plans updates. what's up is actually updated how you talk with businesses on what happens here a few maybe a bind something from a shop who are retired or want to interact with you kind of like

a chap with whatever what. they might be sharing back information with thanks to all that data they wanted to let people know that bats what the change was and the 3 to one hour and that led people to look into what actually has been shot and what's up and actually don't check quite what information it has been doing so for about 4 years so it's interesting that this week is when. when what's half assed came out remember people dominated it it was actually owned by facebook then facebook subsequently bought it and that's when things started to change and that's why i think for a long time pretty said to be very cautious about and using whatsapp if you care about privacy because terms and conditions change over time it's a private company and it's about to do what it wants at the damage is that we were really seeing people now migrating off into apps like telegram signal which. will prevail. and i don't know whether there'll be

a group who knew anything that might be stopping it. we established that you get one signal terrible about it not as good as what's not and that might make people think well you know i i promise merit mation and. the other thing is the contact you have you and he wants to go on you know other people have and that it will be interesting to see how it plays out. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera uganda electoral commission says here are rima 70 has officially won a 6 term as president extending his 35 years in power officials say the 76 year old won 58.6 percent of the vote is a main challenger bobby wine won nearly 35 percent but he alleges the election has been regs and says soldiers are preventing him leaving his house country did you

worry him 7 to have a workable term having obtained the highest number of votes in the election and the votes cast in.